Since it's April 30th I'll skip to the end. The swing works. It's held together by a rug with grommets and a wire threaded through the grommets to attach the rug to the swing. So far I haven't fallen through. The wire is digital cable wire (I think) My husband says it's an Erkel job. Not duct tape but almost as bad. If it lasts longer than a couple months (which it will) he'll have to eat his words.